Trumping Talk Show Hosts, Now: Donald and Ivanka Take Control of “Today” Show Talk

Trumping Talk Show Hosts, Now: Donald and Ivanka Take Control of “Today” Show Talk by Roxanne McDonald

When “Today” co-host Meredith Vieira calls Trump on his Rosie-bashing, he calls right back.

It’s now old news that Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell have been hurling ad hominems across the air and cyber (and likely radio) waves. Rosie attacked the Donald for having affairs and for subsequently failing at marriage; Donald retaliated with comments on Rosie’s lack of intelligence, on her weight, and on her being a “slob”.

When Donald and daughter Ivanka Trump appeared on “Today” to promote the upcoming “Apprentice” 5 [which airs on Sunday, January 7, on NBC], Meredith Vieira opened her segment with the clips of the ongoing bash. When she followed up with the challenge that Donald was dishing dirt and fueling the fire, Donald got as impatient with her as he does with ditzy apprentice contestants. (Remember, Trump is big on NOT wasting time.)

Trump refused to be berated and to have the accusations that he was fueling anything…especially since Vieira was the one to kindle this one. He insisted they get on the topic he and Ivanka had come for—to talk about “The Apprentice.” Yet Vieira persisted, challenging the Donald with points about damaging credibility, quoting him incorrectly (saying he used words like “crude”, which he didn’t use), and

nudging until Trump nudged right back. As the transcript, courtesy of Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters, shows, Donald responded, “I have no choice, because every time I go on an interview people ask me about Rosie, so I respond by saying she’s not very intelligent, which she’s not, she’s had many failures in her life, which she has. And I respond. And I get on this show, which is about ‘The Apprentice,’ and the first question you ask me is about Rosie…. And I love you very much but what do–what do we waste time for?”

Ivanka Trump got her jabs in, as well, noting how Rosie “instigated the remarks,” saying that she thinks “Rosie’s been bullying people for a long time, and my father has the forum to retaliate and he did,” and reiterating how “it [the Rosie attack] was unfair, it was uncalled for and, quite

frankly, there was no reason for it. As my father said, she too has had a lot of second chances. You know, there’s nothing surprising about the fact that my dad’s going to come back with a vengeance any time anyone says anything negative against him.” Way to protect those assets and Daddy, girlfriend!
But bottom line was to get back to not wasting valuable marketing and promotion minutes, which Donald deftly digressed to as he said, “…I think I’ve done a very good job. Every poll says I’m 90 percent to 10 percent. I’m 72 percent in Fox last night–72 percent to 20 percent. It’s not that I want to do it. It’s not that I want to waste my time. I’d love people to stop asking me questions.”
Time for he and Ivanka to be asking the questions…which will be much more interesting on “The Apprentice.” ‘Nough said.
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